John Y. Brown

John Young Brown (28 June 1835-11 January 1904) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-KY 5) from 3 December 1860 to 3 March 1861 (succeeding Joshua Jewett and preceding Charles Wickliffe) and from KY 2 from 4 March 1873 to 3 March 1877 (succeeding Henry D. McHenry and preceding James A. McKenzie), and Governor from 2 September 1891 to 10 December 1895 (succeeding Simon Bolivar Buckner and preceding William O'Connell Bradley).

Biography
John Young Brown was born in Claysville, Hardin County, Kentucky in 1835, the nephew of representatives Bryan Rust Young and William Singleton Young, and he became a lawyer in 1857. He served in the US House of Representatives from 1860 to 1861 despite being underage, and he was denied a seat in 1866 due to his loyalty to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. In 1872, he was elected to the House once more, and he took a break from politics from 1877 to 1891. In 1891, he was elected Governor, serving until 1895. He died in 1904.